Whereas CircuitWorks is available only to SolidWorks Premium users, CircuitWorks Lite lets all SolidWorks users import IDF 2.0 and 3.0 files to create SolidWorks part models.
CircuitWorks Lite capabilities are limited as compared to the full version of CircuitWorks. Some key differences are:
| |
CircuitWorks |
CircuitWorks Lite |
|---|
| Model creation |
Board assembly with component part models |
Single part model |
| Capacity |
Thousands of components |
Hundreds of components |
| Uses the Component Library |
Yes |
No |
| Import formats |
IDF 2.0, IDF 3.0, IDF 4.0, PADS ASCII, ProStep EDMD
|
IDF 2.0, IDF 3.0 |
| Export formats |
IDF 2.0, IDF 3.0, IDF 4.0, PADS ASCII, ProStep EDMD |
None |
| Filtering capabilities |
Yes |
No |
For details on using CircuitWorks Lite, see the SolidWorks Help IDF topics.